Tying the Ishigaki kebari

Dr. Hisao Ishigaki is the most prominent tenkara angler Japan and is our main advisor at Tenkara USA. In 2009 he showed us how to tie the ishigaki tenkara fly, or ishigaki kebari, a very simple fly he ties with sewing thread and hackle. Tying the ishigaki kebari is an easy way to get into fly-tying

Dr. Ishigaki, the most renowned tenkara angler in Japan, shows us that tying tenkara flies can be pretty simple. Tenkara fly patterns come in all shapes, but you don’t need a lot of them. In fact, Dr. Ishigaki has been using this one pattern for over 10 years now.